Christmas Lights At Hudson Gardens

It just isn't Christmas time unless you drive around and look at some lights!  But since we already did Christmas here, we weren't going to be up in Denver to drive around.  Living Social arrived in my email though with discount tickets into Hudson Gardens in Denver and I thought that would be perfect!

Glenn decided to stay home this last weekend so I headed up to Jessi's (as she had purchased the tickets too) for the day and asked Kylan to use Glenn's ticket (Rayna had a volleyball commitment).  First though we headed to the Keppy's church to attend "Bethlehem", a really magical time with the church set up like Bethlehem would have been the night before Jesus birth!

There were Roman guards, camels, sheep, goats - upon entry into the church you registered just like the census was actually going on - and then there were different stations set up which included pottery, weaving, bead making, jewelry, spices, a bakery, wood maker and several stations for the kids to make things - it was amazing walking around and seeing all of this - everyone at the different stations were dressed in attire from those days and there was also a guitar player and singer walking around - in one part of the gathering area there was a live nativity!  I would love to attend something like this again!!

Then it was home for a quick bite to eat and off to the Hudson Gardens!!

WOW - the place was packed (what did I expect the last weekend before Christmas???) but we found a parking spot and since it was all outside, there was plenty of room to walk around!!

They had the cutest "candy" lit up so the boys pretended to lick it!

 It was 3/4 of a mile around the gardens and it was absolutely gorgeous!!

 They had cute places to take pictures!

 These are a few of the "dancing" trees - couldn't get them all in!!  They were set to music so went off and on to whatever tune was playing - so fun to watch!!

 A tunnel of lights.............

 My favorite - the purple tree!

 And this beautiful blue tree was out in the pond!

 While some of us stood in line to see Santa Claus, the rest of us took turns and walked around the pond - simply gorgeous!!

 And then it was FINALLY our turn to get in to see Santa - he was a great one and loved visiting with the kids!!

If you need a neat place to go around the Denver area around Christmas time, head to the Hudson Gardens - it is WELL WORTH the admission!!